Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk and Franzen have all been on
the sidelines with injuries in the past week and Jimmy Howard returned to uniform Tuesday
against Philadelphia but did not play. That said, Howard has already been idled by
injuries three times this season.

The other Red Wings heading to Sochi are Jonathan Ericsson,
Daniel Alfredsson, Niklas Kronwall and Jonas Gustavsson – who were named to
Sweden's team along with Zetterberg and Franzen – as well as Tomas Tatar and
Tomas Jurco (Slovakia).